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  • noun Plural form of antiseptic.

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Examples

  • I always make a difference between those so-called antiseptics or cleaning - which have a chemical in it that leaves a residue, because we have shown that these residues can select for resistant bacteria - antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • I always make a difference between those so-called antiseptics or cleaning - which have a chemical in it that leaves a residue, because we have shown that these residues can select for resistant bacteria - antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • If the wound happens to have been made with a knife or tool that you are not absolutely sure was perfectly clean, or if the wound gets manure or road-dirt or other filth rubbed into it, then it is best to go at once to a doctor and let him give it a thorough _antiseptic_ dressing, which consists of cleaning it out thoroughly with strong remedies, called antiseptics, -- which kill the germs, but do not injure living tissues, -- and then putting on a germ-proof dressing as before.

    A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896

  • GAMMEX (R) Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology features a unique and proprietary inner coating, containing skin friendly agents and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), an effective antimicrobial agent commonly found in products such as antiseptics and mouthwash.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • GAMMEX (R) Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology features a unique and proprietary inner coating, containing skin friendly agents and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), an effective antimicrobial agent commonly found in products such as antiseptics and mouthwash.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • GAMMEX (R) Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology features a unique and proprietary inner coating, containing skin friendly agents and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), an effective antimicrobial agent commonly found in products such as antiseptics and mouthwash.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • Sedatives, hypnotics and antipsychotics, cold and cough medicines, ethanol, topical drugs such as antiseptics, laxatives, and antihistamines were other common categories of drugs reported to the centre, the study found.

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

  • The package contains much needed medical supplies such as antiseptics, pain killers, electrolytes.

    Rantings of an Arab Chick 2009

  • ~Chemical Reagents~, such as belong to the class known as antiseptics (_i.

    The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.

  • It has been used in amalgam dental fillings and topical antiseptics, and, for a period, was an ingredient in teething powders and de-wormers for small children.

    The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011

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